Contraception for Adolescents: Focusing on Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) to Improve Reproductive Health Outcomes
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Lessons from the contraceptive CHOICE project: the Hull long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) initiative.
AIM To discover whether a hand-out explaining the benefits of intrauterine contraceptives (IUCs) and implants could increase their uptake in Hull, UK. METHODS We developed a simple double-sided A4 hand-out. On one side was a script with pictures of copper and levonorgestrel IUCs next to a 20 pence coin and of an implant beside a hairgrip. On the other side was the three-tiered effectiveness c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2161-3303
DOI: 10.1007/s13669-015-0112-4